There’s no disguising it; researchers have rumbled the elusive, shapeshifting, mimic octopus off the coast of Mozambique for the first time, thousands of kilometres away from what has up to now been considered its habitat.
The sacred Osun River in Nigeria has recorded the highest measured level of microplastics in a river in the world, and researchers are calling for a ban on single-use plastics.
The sacred Osun River in Nigeria has recorded the highest measured level of microplastics in a river in the world, and researchers are calling for a ban on single-use plastics.
A landmark new study has found that, in the last decade, the African continent has started emitting more carbon than it stores.
It’s not only misguided, it’s a bit rich, for the wealthy to pressure the poor to swallow the bitter medicine they are prescribing for the world’s climate change ills.
Nature talks, and listening in can tell scientists and conservationists what’s out there, and where it is.
Vultures may not feature in many beauty or popularity contests, but when it comes to keeping ecosystems clean and healthy, they’re the top dogs.
The sacred Osun River in Nigeria has recorded the highest measured level of microplastics in a river in the world, and researchers are calling for a ban on single-use plastics.
Even bugs hardened to hot and dry conditions are sweating it over global warming.
The ethologist and environmentalist Dr Jane Goodall thinks big and acts small to solve global problems. “If we can’t save the planet, we can’t save Africa,” she told a select audience of scientists at the Wits Origins Centre in Johannesburg.
